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The Giver Table of Contents

Lesson Plans at a Glance 5

Common Core Correlation 6

Long Vocabulary List 7

Vocabulary Option #1 8

Vocabulary Practice Chapters 1-2 9










Vocabulary Test 19

Vocabulary Option #2 20

Teacher Information 21

Cultural Vocabulary List 24

Vocabulary List 30

Vocabulary Bookmarks 32

Vocabulary Word Cards 36

Vocabulary Practice Booklet* 37

Vocabulary Test 55

Constructive/Writing Questions 57

Teacher Information 58

Comprehension Quiz for Chapters 1-2** 59

Constructed Response – Setting* 61


Constructed Response – Character Traits* 65

Venn Diagram Comparing Communities* 67


Constructed Response – Point of View* 70

Constructed Response - Summarizing* 73


Constructed Response – Comparing Characters* 79

Constructed Response – Character Traits* 81


Constructed Response – Responding to Text* 85


Constructed Response – Course of Action* 89


Constructed Response – Responding to Text/Comparing Events in Story* 93

Comprehension Quiz for Chapters 18-19** Extension Activity - Twins 94

Constructed Response – Writing an Argument* 96


Constructed Response –Theme* 104


Constructed Response – Narrative Writing - Ending to the Story* 109

Story Mapping 111

Story Elements Mini Book 113

Answer Keys for Story Elements Mini Book 117

Symbols from The Giver 119

Printables 121

Answer Keys 124

Skill Practice 126

Lesson 1 – Context Clues* 127

Lesson 2 - Reference Sources** 145

Lesson 3 – Prefixes* 151

Lesson 4 – Prefixes Meaning Not and Verifying Meaning** 158

Lesson 5 - Suffixes* 172

Lesson 6 - Root Words* 190

Lesson 7 - Analogies* 218

Lesson 8 – Connotation* 251

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Answer Keys 270

Password Information for Interactive Quizzes 285

Credits 295

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Lesson Plans for The Giver Vocabulary Comprehension

Quiz

Constructed

Response

Skill Practice Activities

Lesson 1

apprehensive

aptitude

Chapters 1-2

Setting

Lesson 1

Context Clues to

Determine

Meanings of

Words

Lesson 2

petulantly

nondescript

Chapters 3-5

Character Traits

Comparing

Communities

Lesson 2

Reference

Materials

Venn Diagram to

Compare Jonas’s

Community to

Your Community

Lesson 3

meticulously

retroactive

Chapters 6 – 7

Point of View

Summarizing

Lesson 3

Prefixes

Lesson 4

chastisement

conspicuous

Chapters 8 – 10

Comparing

Characters

Character Traits

Lesson 4

Prefixes Meaning

Not and Verifying

Word Meaning

Lesson 5

unwieldy

phenomenon

Chapters 11 – 12

Responding to

Text Lesson 5

Suffixes

Lesson 6

sinuous

assuage Chapters 13 – 14 Course of Action Lesson 6

Roots

Lesson 7

obsolete

permeate

Chapters 15 – 17 Responding to

Text

Lesson 7

Word

Relationships

Lesson 8

imploringly

wretched

Chapters 18 – 19 Writing an

Argument Lesson 8

Connotation

Bar Graph to

show Twin and

Triplet Statistics

Lesson 9

solace

transgression

Chapters 20 – 21 Theme

Lesson 1

0

exquisite

resignation

Chapters 22 – 23 Writing a

Narrative

Vocabulary Test Story Elements

Organizer

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Vocabulary Word for Chapters 1 - 2 - aptitude

( ap-t - t(y)üd )

Page 15

His father smiled his gentle smile. "Well, it was clear to me ---- and my parents later

confessed that it had been obvious to them, too ---- what my aptitude was. I had always loved the newchildren more than anything. When my friends in my age group were holding

bicycle races, or building toy vehicles or bridges with their construction sets, or ----"

Write a short definition for the word aptitude.

aptitude

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_________________________________________________________________________

Circle the 6 words that mean the same as aptitude.

ability adored fabric suitability transportation proficiency

talent kind-hearted gift anxious qualification overpass

Write a sentence with the word aptitude.

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

True or False

______________ Aptitude means having a natural ability or talent.

______________ You must practice and practice to have an aptitude for playing the piano.


Chapters 22-23 [exquisite and resignation]

1. Read these definitions of exquisite.

a) pleasing through beauty, fitness, or perfection b) marked by fine craftsmanship

c) extreme or intense

Complete the T-Chart with words from the box.

stunning stabbing excruciating perfect attractive refined

--

Definition A Definition B Definition C

_____________ _____________ _____________

_____________ _____________ _____________

Complete the analogies using a vocabulary word.

2. noticeable : conspicuous :: seep into : _____________

3. aggravate : assuage :: up-to-date : _______________

4. happy : wretched :: ugly : ______________________

5. transgression : crime :: happening : ______________

6. pleadingly : imploringly :: twisting : _______________

7. awkward : unwieldy :: comfort : __________________

8. Circle the word that does not belong.

acceptance, disobedience, submission, resignation

Chapters 1-2 [apprehensive and aptitude]

1. Fill in the word web with synonyms of apprehensive.

True or False

2. _____ Aptitude means having a natural ability or

talent.

3. _____ You must practice and practice to have an

aptitude for playing the piano.

4. Circle six words in the box that are synonyms or

closely related to the word aptitude.

ability adored fabric

talent kind-hearted gift

suitability transportation proficiency

anxious qualification overpass

apprehensive


The Giver Chapters 1 - 2 Pages 1 - 19 1. What had frightened Jonas about a year before the first scene in the book? a) a thunderstorm

b) a lion c) a jet

d) a policeman

2. The effect of committing a wrongdoing in Jonas's community is -----. a) death

b) community service c) jail

d) release from the community

3. After the evening meal Jonas's family -----. a) talked about their feelings

b) watched television c) read a book together d) helped clean up

4. Lily told about -------- during her sharing time with her family.

a) wanting to go on a vacation b) a boy who cut in line c) how her math class was too hard

d) falling and cutting her knee

5. What concern did Father have?

a) He had to wait in line to buy gasoline. b) One of the newborns wasn't growing fast enough.

c) He wanted a new job working with the elderly. d) He wanted a raise in his salary.

6. What is a family in Jonas's community?

a) two children - one male and one female b) Parents could have as many children as they wished as long as they had enough funds for

their care. c) The number of children in a family depended

on the jobs the parents had.

7. What was unusual about the number of

children of any one age in Jonas's community? a) The number of children varied from year to

year. b) There were always more girls than boys. c) There were always 50 children of each age.

d) There were always more boys than girls.

8. What rule had Father broken?

a) He walked to work instead of riding his bicycle.

b) He didn't go to the December ceremony. c) He asked for three children. d) He looked up Gabe's name.

9. The Receiver was -----. a) the most important Elder b) the person getting a child

10. How were people in Jonas's community assigned jobs? a) Everyone registered for the jobs they wanted

at the court house. b) The elders assigned the jobs.

c) You took a test in school to determine which job best suited you. d) You drew a job placement out of a hat.

11. At what age did everyone stop celebrating

birthdays? a) 50

b) 18 c) 12 d) 21

12. Comfort objects were ----.

a) "imaginary" animals such as bears and elephants

b) blankets c) heating pads d) pajamas


13. From which point of view is The Giver written?

a) first b) second

c) third-person limited d) third-person omniscient

14. The main problem Jonas is facing in Chapters 1-2 is -------.

a) his father breaking the rules to learn the name of the weak infant at the nursery

b) the nightly ritual called “the telling of feelings" c) the punishment of the pilot of the unidentified aircraft that flew over his community

d) apprehension over the upcoming Ceremony of Twelve

15. Read this passage from The Giver. Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the

community twice.

Which literacy device is being used?

a) flashback

b) chronological order

c) foreshadowing

d) logical order

16. Which song title would best summarize Chapter 1?

a. Float On b. Story of my Life

c. Storm of Worry d. No Mercy

Why is this title best for this chapter? _________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

17. Complete the chart to summarize the events that took place in Chapter 2.

who

what

when/where

results


Answer Keys

Vocabulary Ch. 1-2 aptitude -quickness in learning and understanding; intelligence; natural born ability. Synonyms

ability suitability

proficiency talent gift

qualification True/False

true false

Chapters 1 - 2 Pages 1 – 19

1. (c) 2. (d)

3. (a) 4. (b)

5. (b) 6. (a)

7. (c) 8. (d) 9. (a)

10. (b) 11. (c)

12. (a) 13. (c) 14. (d)

15. (a) 16. (c) This chapter provides many details about the society Jonas lives it. The “Community”

has strict rules that everyone must follow or be released. Jonas is especially worried about “the Ceremony of Twelve" coming up in December.

17. Jonas

has a talk with his parents about the “Ceremony of Twelves”

at the dinner table after Lily is sent away so the Jonas’s parents can have a private talk

with him

The reader learns that Jonas will receive his job assignment at the ceremony. He is worried about what his job will be. The Elders in the community watch the youth and decide what

job suits each person the best. Jonas has no idea what his job will be so this worries him.


Constructed Response – Setting

The setting often helps create the mood in a novel. The mood is the feelings the reader

gets from a passage. Even as early in The Giver as Chapters 1-2 the reader gets a feeling

that Jonas’s community is very different from the average American community of today.

Fill in the chart below to help you organize your feelings about Jonas’s community.

Write a paragraph describing Jonas’s community. Be sure to include the mood the novel portrays.

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

______

Jonas lives in a community that

________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________

Positive Things about Jonas's Community

________________________________

________________________________

________________________________

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Upsetting Disquieting Things about Jonas's Community

________________________________

________________________________

________________________________

Mood the Reader Feels about Jonas's Community

________________________________

________________________________

________________________________

________________________________

Setting

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.3 Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the

characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.3 Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters

or plot).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal

aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/6/3/




Constructed Response – Setting Answer Key

The setting often helps create the mood in a novel. The mood is the feelings the reader

gets from a passage. Even as early in The Giver as Chapters 1-2 the reader gets a feeling

that Jonas’s community is very different from the average American community of today.

Fill in the chart below to help you organize your feelings about Jonas’s community.

Write a paragraph describing Jonas’s community. Be sure to include the mood the novel portrays.

Answers will vary.

Jonas lives in a community that

is different

rights of citizens do not exist

the government has total authority

Positive Things about Jonas's Community

Everything is orderly.

People feel safe.

Jobs are suited to everyone’s strengths and abilities.

Citizens share feelings with their families each evening.

Parents teach children to respect others.

clear communication

little competition

Upsetting Disquieting Things about Jonas's Community

Punishment for breaking rules seems too harsh.

Jobs, spouse, and children are all assigned by the government.

loudspeakers transmitting orders

Mood the Reader Feels about Jonas's Community

The pilot that made a mistake is released from the community. This seems like a harsh punishment. Right away the reader feels on edge or unsettled that the government would treat its citizens in such a harsh way.

Setting

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.3 Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the

characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.3 Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters

or plot).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal

aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.





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